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  1. Hmm. There has been some rearranging of the flock cameras in my area. I noticed today.
    Two of them at one location are now gone. And one has appeared at a local crossroad where there was none before. I think I’ll do a general “audit” of the ones shown in my area and make changes as needed

    #Surveillance #flockcameras

  2. ACPC: ‘It seemed like every town in America had something going on’: Week of Action against Flock and ALPRs gets people engaged. “[Len] Phillips said the man was an example of how the event’s 110 or so attendees included people of differing political ideologies—including Democratic Socialists, Libertarians and conservatives—who nonetheless shared concerns about the proliferation of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/it-seemed-like-every-town-in-america-had-something-going-on-week-of-action-against-flock-and-alprs-gets-people-engaged-acpc/
  3. ACPC: ‘It seemed like every town in America had something going on’: Week of Action against Flock and ALPRs gets people engaged. “[Len] Phillips said the man was an example of how the event’s 110 or so attendees included people of differing political ideologies—including Democratic Socialists, Libertarians and conservatives—who nonetheless shared concerns about the proliferation of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/it-seemed-like-every-town-in-america-had-something-going-on-week-of-action-against-flock-and-alprs-gets-people-engaged-acpc/
  4. ACPC: ‘It seemed like every town in America had something going on’: Week of Action against Flock and ALPRs gets people engaged. “[Len] Phillips said the man was an example of how the event’s 110 or so attendees included people of differing political ideologies—including Democratic Socialists, Libertarians and conservatives—who nonetheless shared concerns about the proliferation of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/it-seemed-like-every-town-in-america-had-something-going-on-week-of-action-against-flock-and-alprs-gets-people-engaged-acpc/
  5. ACPC: ‘It seemed like every town in America had something going on’: Week of Action against Flock and ALPRs gets people engaged. “[Len] Phillips said the man was an example of how the event’s 110 or so attendees included people of differing political ideologies—including Democratic Socialists, Libertarians and conservatives—who nonetheless shared concerns about the proliferation of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/it-seemed-like-every-town-in-america-had-something-going-on-week-of-action-against-flock-and-alprs-gets-people-engaged-acpc/
  6. ACPC: ‘It seemed like every town in America had something going on’: Week of Action against Flock and ALPRs gets people engaged. “[Len] Phillips said the man was an example of how the event’s 110 or so attendees included people of differing political ideologies—including Democratic Socialists, Libertarians and conservatives—who nonetheless shared concerns about the proliferation of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/it-seemed-like-every-town-in-america-had-something-going-on-week-of-action-against-flock-and-alprs-gets-people-engaged-acpc/
  7. #FlockCameras Can Track Every Car in America. #Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t.

    In Texas, there’s one thing liberals and conservatives agree on: They don’t want cameras trained on their cars.

    By Fernando Alfonso III and Kashmir Hill
    Aug. 10, 2026

    Excerpt: "A #Texas officer used Flock’s cameras to track a woman across state lines who was suspected of self-administering an abortion. Officers across the country have abused their access to Flock’s cameras, including to track romantic partners, resulting in discipline and termination. #LosAngeles and #DaytonOH , among other cities, recently suspended their contracts with Flock to prevent immigration authorities from accessing data from the cameras. Dayton resorted to covering the cameras with trash bags. In cities like Houston, Oakland, Calif., and Grand Junction, Colo., residents have taken matters into their own hands, with police reports and surveillance footage documenting Flock cameras being cut down, splattered with paint and even shot.

    "Flock’s pitch is simple: It can help the police find stolen cars, locate wanted people and solve crimes. One license-plate reader led to the arrest in Florida of a man who had threatened a mass shooting in Louisiana; another helped police find the man eventually convicted in an assassination attempt against Donald J. Trump.

    "But as its cameras have spread, so has the opposition. Americans are accustomed to surveillance cameras. They put them on their doorbells and tolerate them on street corners, offices and restaurants. What sets Flock’s cameras apart is that they are connected, creating a vast, searchable national network — often surprising residents who didn’t realize their local governments had signed up for them and raising fears of #BigBrother style surveillance. And they are hard to miss once you start noticing them."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/floc

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/3PnB8

    #USPol #ACAB #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #Orwellian #PoliceState #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  8. Drones have been on my radar screen (pun intended) for quite a few years...

    Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    July 16, 2021

    "It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots or aerial drones. That’s true whether these mobile devices are remote controlled by a person or autonomously controlled by artificial intelligence, and whether the weapons are maximally lethal (like bullets) or less lethal (like tear gas). [Or #ElectricShockGloves !]

    "Police currently deploy many different kinds of moving and task-performing technologies. These include flying drones, remote control bomb-defusing robots, and autonomous patrol robots. While these different devices serve different functions and operate differently, none of them--absolutely none of them--should be armed with any kind of weapon.

    "Mission creep is very real. Time and time again, technologies given to police to use only in the most extreme circumstances make their way onto streets during protests or to respond to petty crime. For example, cell site simulators (often called ' #Stingrays ') were developed for use in foreign battlefields, brought home in the name of fighting 'terrorism,' then used by law enforcement to catch immigrants and a man who stole $57 worth of food. Likewise, police have targeted #BLM #protesters with #FaceSurveillance and #AmazonRing doorbell cameras.

    "Today, scientists are developing an #AI enhanced #AutonomousDrone, designed to find people during natural disasters by locating their screams. How long until police use this technology to find protesters shouting chants? What if these autonomous drones were armed? We need a clear red line now: no armed police drones, period.

    "There are already law enforcement robots and drones of all shapes, sizes, and levels of autonomy patrolling the United States as we speak. From autonomous #Knightscope robots prowling for 'suspicious behavior' and collecting images of license plates [ #FlockCameras ] and phone identifying information, to #BostonDynamic robotic dogs accompanying police on calls in New York or checking the temperature of unhoused people in Honolulu, to #PredatorSurveillanceDrones flying over BLM protests in #Minneapolis.

    "We are moving quickly towards arming such robots and letting autonomous artificial intelligence determine whether or not to pull the trigger."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/dont

    #ICESucks #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  9. #FlockCameras : "A police officer can search 100,000 #cameras nationwide to see if a fugitive has passed any Flock cameras, or get an alert when they do. They can also search for identifying features like make, model, color or even unique dents and bumper stickers.

    #Police can also use the cameras to surveil protestors and stalk ex-lovers—or strangers they find attractive.

    The cameras have raised questions on #constitutionality and have led to wrongful arrests across the county."
    #privacy

    cltampa.com/news/a-77-year-old

  10. On today's episode of #WMPG's #CommunityVoicesForChange, the topic is #FlockCameras, Municipal #Surveillance and #Privacy!

    Community Voices For Change
    On Mon from 01:00 pm EST to 01:30 pm EST
    With: Richard Rudolph

    Description

    "Community Voices for Change is a talk show highlighting the work of individuals and organizations working to enhance the greater good of communities. Producer and Host Richard Rudolph begins each show with music from Sam Cooke’s Ain’t That Good News Album -'A Change is Gonna Come'. The show is also based on the writings of #HowardZinn and other writers who believe if we can get organized '#SmallActs' multiplied by hundreds, thousands of people we can transform our communities, the state and even possibly the world. Our sound engineer is Dennis Kirkpatrick."

    Link to show info and archives:
    wmpg.org/show/mon1300/

    Spreaker link:
    spreaker.com/podcast/community

    #CommunityRadio #MainePol #USPol #Orwellian #SurveillanceState